Northeastern Wisconsin Conference

The Northeastern Wisconsin Conference is a former high school athletic conference in Wisconsin, opening competition in 1927 and disbanding in 1970. Its members were concentrated in the northeastern part of the state, and all members were affiliated with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.

History

1927–1933

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1933–1952

In 1933, the NEW Conference split its thirteen member schools into Eastern and Western Divisions:^[4]

Eastern Division	Western Division
Algoma	Kaukauna
De Pere	Menasha
Kewaunee	Neenah
Oconto	New London
Oconto Falls	Shawano
Sturgeon Bay	West De Pere
Two Rivers

Clintonville rejoined the conference in 1934, and they took up residence in the Western Division, putting each division at seven members apiece.^[5] Conference membership remained stable for over a decade until West De Pere left the NEW Conference in 1943 to compete as an independent.^[6] Two Rivers moved from the Eastern to the Western Division in 1949,^[7] and the conference added two schools in 1950: Kimberly and Seymour. Both schools had recently left the Little Nine Conference in search of stronger competition, and both joined the Eastern Division for their first season in the NEW Conference.^[8] Kimberly switched to the Western Division in 1951, and the Eastern Division welcomed Pulaski and West De Pere. Both schools were formerly in the Mid-Valley Conference, and West De Pere was making its return after it left the NEW Conference eight years prior:^[9]

Eastern Division	Western Division
Algoma	Clintonville
De Pere	Kaukauna
Kewaunee	Kimberly
Oconto	Menasha
Oconto Falls	Neenah
Pulaski	New London
Seymour	Shawano
Sturgeon Bay	Two Rivers
West De Pere

1952–1966

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1966–1970

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The Northeastern Wisconsin Conference would continue with twelve member schools for the next four years before a major realignment occurred in the region. Several conferences were disbanded that year, and the NEW Conference was one of them. Eight of the twelve former NEW Conference schools, along with Clintonville of the Mid-Eastern Conference and former independent Marinette, formed the new Bay Conference: Ashwaubenon, Bay Port, De Pere, Oconto, Oconto Falls, Pulaski, Seymour and West De Pere. Three of the smaller schools (Algoma, Kewaunee and Sturgeon Bay) became charter members of the Packerland Conference and Bonduel returned to the Central Wisconsin Conference after leaving six years prior.^[14]

Conference membership history

Final members

School	Location	Affiliation	Enrollment	Mascot	Joined	Left	Conference Joined	Current Conference
Algoma	Algoma, WI	Public	219	Wolves	1927^[1]	1970^[14]	Packerland
Ashwaubenon	Ashwaubenon, WI	Public	989	Jaguars	1966^[13]	1970^[14]	Bay	Fox River Classic
Bay Port	Suamico, WI	Public	1,915	Pirates	1966^[13]	1970^[14]	Bay	Fox River Classic
Bonduel	Bonduel, WI	Public	262	Bears	1964^[12]	1970^[14]	Central Wisconsin
De Pere	De Pere, WI	Public	1,457	Redbirds	1927^[1]	1970^[14]	Bay	Fox River Classic
Kewaunee	Kewaunee, WI	Public	298	Indians	1927^[1]	1970^[14]	Packerland
Oconto	Oconto, WI	Public	282	Blue Devils	1927^[1]	1970^[14]	Bay	Packerland
Oconto Falls	Oconto Falls, WI	Public	521	Panthers	1927^[1]	1970^[14]	Bay	North Eastern
Pulaski	Pulaski, WI	Public	1,141	Red Raiders	1951^[9]	1970^[14]	Bay	Fox River Classic
Seymour	Seymour, WI	Public	655	Indians	1950^[8]	1970	Bay
Sturgeon Bay	Sturgeon Bay, WI	Public	394	Clippers	1927^[1]	1970^[14]	Packerland
West De Pere	De Pere, WI	Public	1,087	Phantoms	1927,^[1] 1951^[9]	1943,^[6] 1970	Bay	Fox River Classic

Previous members

School	Location	Affiliation	Enrollment	Mascot	Joined	Left	Conference Joined	Current Conference
Clintonville	Clintonville, WI	Public	412	Truckers	1927,^[1] 1934^[5]	1931,^[3] 1952^[10]	Mid-Eastern	North Eastern
Gillett	Gillett, WI	Public	158	Tigers	1927^[2]	1931^[3]	Independent	Marinette & Oconto
Kaukauna	Kaukauna, WI	Public	1,253	Galloping Ghosts	1927^[1]	1952^[10]	Mid-Eastern	Fox Valley Association
Kimberly	Kimberly, WI	Public	1,595	Papermakers	1950^[8]	1952^[10]	Mid-Eastern	Fox Valley Association
Menasha	Menasha, WI	Public	966	Blue Jays	1927^[1]	1952^[10]	Mid-Eastern	Bay
Neenah	Neenah, WI	Public	1,979	Rockets	1927^[1]	1952^[10]	Mid-Eastern	Fox Valley Association
New London	New London, WI	Public	712	Bulldogs	1927^[1]	1952^[10]	Mid-Eastern	Bay
Preble	Preble, WI	Public	2,235	Hornets	1956^[11]	1964^[12]	Fox River Valley	Fox River Classic
Shawano	Shawano, WI	Public	797	Indians	1927^[1]	1952^[10]	Mid-Eastern	Bay
Two Rivers	Two Rivers, WI	Public	480	Raiders	1927^[2]	1952^[10]	Mid-Eastern	Eastern Wisconsin

Membership timeline

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</timeline> Eastern Division Western Division

List of state champions

Fall sports

None

Winter sports

Boys Basketball
School	Year	Division
Neenah	1930	Single Division
De Pere	1934	Class B
Shawano	1938	Class B
Shawano	1940	Single Division
Two Rivers	1941	Single Division

Skiing
School	Year	Division
Sturgeon Bay	1968	Single Division

Spring sports

Baseball
School	Year	Division
Menasha	1950	Single Division

Boys Tennis
School	Year	Division
Shawano	1939	Single Division
Shawano	1940	Single Division
Shawano	1941	Single Division
Neenah	1946	Single Division
Neenah	1951	Single Division

Boys Track & Field
School	Year	Division
Shawano	1936	Class B
Sturgeon Bay	1959	Class B

List of conference champions

Boys Basketball

School	Quantity	Years
Shawano	11	1933, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1950, 1952
Neenah	11	1928, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1939, 1940, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1949, 1951
Kewaunee	9	1931, 1936, 1945, 1946, 1954, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1970
Algoma	7	1945, 1949, 1951, 1955, 1964, 1965, 1967
Two Rivers	7	1937, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1944, 1948, 1950
West De Pere	7	1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1961, 1965, 1966
Menasha	5	1934, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1951
Oconto	5	1930, 1933, 1939, 1947, 1948
De Pere	4	1932, 1934, 1942, 1967
Sturgeon Bay	4	1935, 1954, 1967, 1968
Oconto Falls	3	1957, 1958, 1969
Preble	2	1958, 1959
Kaukauna	1	1941
New London	1	1940
Ashwaubenon	0
Bay Port	0
Bonduel	0
Clintonville	0
Gillett	0
Kimberly	0
Pulaski	0
Seymour	0

Football

School	Quantity	Years
Kaukauna	17	1927, 1928, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1950
Sturgeon Bay	10	1936, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1949, 1950, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1968
West De Pere	8	1929, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1963, 1965, 1966
De Pere	7	1932, 1933, 1938, 1941, 1958, 1961, 1964
Two Rivers	7	1941, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948
Kewaunee	5	1935, 1951, 1952, 1968, 1969
Preble	5	1956, 1957, 1958, 1961, 1962
Menasha	4	1931, 1933, 1941, 1951
Shawano	3	1935, 1937, 1943
Clintonville	2	1947, 1950
Oconto Falls	2	1952, 1967
Pulaski	2	1952, 1955
Algoma	1	1950
Oconto	1	1934
Seymour	1	1952
Ashwaubenon	0
Bay Port	0
Bonduel	0
Gillett	0
Kimberly	0
Neenah	0
New London	0

References

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Football-only	856 (1953-1956) Across the Bay (2022-present) Chippewa-Black River Valley (1929-1944) Cloverwood (2008-2019) CWC-8 (2020-2023) Eastern Suburban (2020-present) Fox Valley Classic (Spring 2021) Lower Fox (1933-1936) MONLPC (2017-2021) North Central (2024-present) Northeast-8 (2024-present) Northern Border (2022-2023) Northwest Football League (1994-1995) Northwoods (2020-present) Olympian-Packerland (2007-2014) Parkland (2020-present) Southeast-8 (2024-present) Southern Dairyland (1959-1962) Suburban Six-Man (1939-1957) Tri-County Football (1934-1944) Tri-Valley (1953-1958) Valley Football Association (2011-2023) WCFC (1997) WIFA (1995-1998)

Northeastern Wisconsin Conference

Contents

History

1927–1933

1933–1952

1952–1966

1966–1970

Conference membership history

Final members

Previous members

Membership timeline

List of state champions

Fall sports

Winter sports

Spring sports

List of conference champions

Boys Basketball

Football

References

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1933–1952

1952–1966

1966–1970

Conference membership history

Final members

Previous members

Membership timeline

List of state champions

Fall sports

Winter sports

Spring sports

List of conference champions

Boys Basketball

Football

References

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